The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 226: what you’re looking at

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“1 pesocive éhat you have only recently } in tlvelr ined witheaites, was in tlis aeighbourheod,” phacsved the mobleman ; ¢and dhe reotmatnertdations ef an inilaedtial friend | ‘en moursffel mood, aloag the street, mtg wet poss @ dadan emailiaty boyour own pro- | feuntonei nbilities. Those reeommaendations shall ; you have from me—that friend will I become.” | “I mast eincemely. thank your lendship,” eaid Mr. : Shot Gven withent: these. tain —shese | genevens poomieus, iahonld not‘the.less be dsith- ! fal to any confidence which you teay zepoge in | ni.” “ Lady Desboroughand myself have our regular | ‘ phpeicint,” -eontinncd: the Keni: “but it happens that.-oar surgeon: dase wean h-presarh the | Taptpepolis. thecefore, | | of the house had just been repaired and iaspeoved, | ‘| ghd he also remembered (rat it was for seme time to let until within a week or two past; so that iall @oubt: was removed ‘from ‘his nviad as to Mr. | Thurston being a very recent seteler'in thattashion- ‘able colony. Struck by some idea, which rept@ly gamed ‘an in. ‘evidence of in@evision and hesitation intuls manees: anecoenary feeling. Such io 006 my datoution : I am fe was wrestling with the thought fiat kad flashed | incapable of thus insulting you. But I wish you ‘to his mind, and’which prompted him on the ene {te understand that have reselved ¢o consult you nané to adopt a ‘course whence ekame and & deep | in a certain matter---to ‘ernftrust you with my sad sense of Tremiliation deterred him, on the other. ‘decret-acid to placed:he utmost reliance upon you, | &% length, before he had galwed the end@ ef the | because we have bithertd been total strangers to ‘troct, ‘he turned ‘wth the decision ef a man whe | cach other—decanse pou: comednto a ow neigh- oas abruptly resolved on taking » particular ‘step, | boewheed where. some trifling amount:of patronage | although a dimagreeable one >—and, retracing lhis | may be useful—aad dbeoause-——" | pach to the surgeonh’s house, he Mnecked at the| “Because you believe that under any ciesum- stances, Iam mote likely to keep your fordship's oe domestioins handsome livery immediately an- | secret than aa established practitioner who wastes ewered: the summons, snd inquired the ‘visitor's { half lis thme in ‘die chit-chat with these faniilics at aouncement of any name. The.domestie led the way threagh a fine marble passage surgery-parlour, which joined the surgery ‘itself, drawicg fueth fren his gurse a bank-note fer five both being -at the bavie part of the house. The 'handred pounds; he added, “ Dhis is gonr retain- parlour was a small bat elegantly furnished soem, '| ing fee.” aaving double doors alike at the entrance from the} Mr. Thusstuon bowed his thanks, and placed him- ‘passage, end also'on the ide opening into the ann. } eelfin an ateitade- uf deep attention. gery——so timt nothing which transpired within| “I must ‘inform yous, sir” sesucmred the Hari, his those four walls could beheard without. A cheer- | manner suddenly beovming ‘pakifally ensbatrassed, fal fire biaxed in‘the grate ; ahd Mr. Thurston rose | “that I appreach with the deepest 4rumilistion— from a ‘tablé where he huid been engaged inwriting, | ‘with the aoutest sense Of shame--the subject of my when ‘the visitor was conducted ‘into his presence. ; visit. Married fer :wome yours to a lady of entra- “Your name, sir [" said Mr. Thurston, preparing } ordinary ‘beauty and ef the wtréstest wirtae, but to inscribe in anew book the appeliativn of his first |-whese temperument is wataraily of an ardent, glow. patient at the new abode. ing, and impansionate neture—I..But just hea- “It were a ridiculous affectation to conveal it,” | ven! how can I induce my tongue to frame the was the answer; “beesase T live at no very great j-cunfession -~—” distance, and beosuse my rank ‘would be certain. t | And,.saddenty stasting fom the sest which he tender you acquainted with my person in a short 7 had taken on eattering the room, the Marl began to time. Nevertheless, it is in the strictest ecnifidence, | pave to and fre in the wildest agétation. and relying on your honour, that I heave come .to7 -Mr. Thursten:said avthing: le was ant dntimate consult you upon an fmportant—an ‘afflictisg—a j envagh.with the noblemm &o venture upon words most delicate matter. I mn‘the Berl of Dyes- tof consolation, althongh ke more than half eus- borough.” pected the natare of the secret. which was abvut to Mr. Tharston wrote down the name in Ais bdok | be revdaled 'to ‘him. and then said, * Your lordstip umy trust me. I] Suddenly checking his frantic walk up and down have no interest in ‘betraying the confidence thus | the surgery-partour, ‘the Barliaid his right hand reposeti in me—bat every possible reason tesus- | heavily upon the surgeon’s shoulder—and bend- tain it. Your lordship may itkewise speak fear. | ing his head watil:his lips mearly ¢oucked Thurs- leesty; not a word uttered in this reom ean be | ton's curs, he said in a thick, hoarse, and low voice, heard without.” o“ Fave thousand pounds ere yours if you cas give . aa A aca a ECOMnuiclooolkks co